Monthly Archives: August 2009

Thank you for your support at our August 26, 2009 fundraiser at Royal Hawaiian Hotel and also to those of you who could not make it but sent your positive energy to us! Mahalo to Luella Costales for coordinating the event and all our volunteers. Pictures and video of this event will be available in the near future. Again, thank you so much!

Rep. Jon Riki Karamatsu & Maui Councilman Mike Victorino. My dad's friend from their Jaycee days. He took us legislators and staff during a break from a conference to see his son in the family room after a Phillies game in Philadelphia in July 2008.

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I attended the Paia Rinzai Zen Bon Dance (Okinawan Bon Dance) in Maui on Saturday, August 22, 2009 from 7:00 P.M. The food was delicious. I got to meet a lot of new friends and some of Rep. Bob Nakasone’s friends. Rep. Kyle Yamashita and his family attended the event. I saw Rep. Gil Agaran there.

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I greeted members of Ginowan (Okinawa) Kenjinkai at their picnic at Ala Moana Beach Park on Sunday, August 16, 2009. I saw friends, friends of my father, and Rep. Ryan Yamane and his family, and Arnold Wong and his family.

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I attended the Hiroshima (Japan) Kenjinkai Picnic on Sunday, August 16, 2009 from 11:00 A.M. to 2:30 P.M. at Ala Moana Beach Park. I have ancestors from Hiroshima, Japan through my grandma Bessie Karamatsu’s family or the Okubo family.

JON RIKI KARAMATSU · In my work as a lawyer, consultant, and entrepreneur, I enjoy building and expanding companies. In my past, I served eight years as a Hawaii State Representative; owned an Internet retail business for ten years; served four and a half years as a Deputy Prosecuting Attorney and Legislative Liaison for the Department of the Prosecuting Attorney, City and County of Honolulu; and produced campaign, cultural, and music events since 2002. As a lawyer, I advocate for entities that need new or amended rules, regulations, and/or statutes by drafting legislation, resolutions, and/or proposals, followed by written and oral testimonies before government bodies. I also assist companies with government incentives, special revenue bonds, government applications, government permits, public and private grants, proactive legal defense strategies, product and services development, marketing, public affairs, and media affairs. Further, I review, draft, and negotiate business agreements and documents. Every so often, I help clients in settling disputes through negotiation, mediation, and/or arbitration. Further, I'm a partner in a start-up aviation fixed-base operator company in Hawaii, which we plan to break ground in 2019. I enjoy creative writing as well, completing a paranormal, romance, historical, and suspense novel based in Hawaii during the 2000s that has been copyrighted and is being shopped around for representation. I'm currently writing my second novel, a historical, romance, and suspense story based in Iraq during the U.S. occupation and war.